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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. security software maker Symantec has confirmed a hacker tried to extort $50,000 after stealing source code to several of its software titles.
BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Brazil has sued to suspend accounts of Twitter users who use tweets to warn people about radar locations, speed traps and DUI checkpoints, officials say.
'Deleted' Facebook photos still viewable
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Photos deleted by users of Facebook have lingered on the social network's servers for nearly three years, an investigation by a U.S. tech Web site found.
GUILDFORD, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- British scientists say they are beginning research into whether birdsong can have a positive effect on human well-being and behavior.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Google says it is releasing its Chrome Web browser for Android smartphones and tablets, three years after the popular desktop version debuted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- BTJunkie says it has shut down voluntarily, becoming the latest file-sharing Web site to take action following the demise of MegaUpload.
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Technological advances in neuroscience could allow future soldiers to control weapons systems simply by using their minds, British researchers say.
WALLINGFORD, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A decline in ladybugs native to Britain is being driven by an invasive species of the family of colorful little beetles, scientists say.
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- An Austrian daredevil says he will attempt the highest skydive in history that will see him exceed the speed of sound during his descent.
Record response to call for new astronauts
GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- NASA says it received more than 6,300 applications for a position in the space agency's next class of astronauts, twice as many as it typically receives.
YORK, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A new way of magnetic recording using heat will allow data processing hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology, British researchers say.
LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- German researchers say they have completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to Neanderthals.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a new technique in computer chip design can increase overall computer processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent.
Study measures concern in polar issues
DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Americans' knowledge of the world's polar regions has increased since 2006 but has not translated into more concern about polar environments, a study has found.
Pregnancy of rare rhino being monitored
JAKARTA, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Wildlife scientists say they are carefully monitoring the pregnancy of a Sumatran Rhino, one of the world's most endangered species, at an Indonesian sanctuary.
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